Doctor Who fans travel through time to watch 'lost episode' marathon

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Tickets to see the screenings of lost stories Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear were snapped up last week, and the carefully restored episodes were shown to a sold-out crowd.

The twelve episodes took a whopping 200 man hours to restore due to scratched prints, with one episode still remaining unfound. Episode three of the Web of Fear was screened using a slideshow technique layered over the original audio instead.

The episodes, long thought to be lost, are from the fifth series of Doctor Who, and Patrick Troughton’s second series as Doctor.

Enemy of the World shows Troughton impersonating an evil dictator called Salamander, while The Web of Fear follows the Doctor and companions Victoria and Jamie around the London Underground as they deal with robot yetis and the Intelligence.

Following the stunningly restored episodes, fans were treated to a Q&A with some of the cast, including Deborah Watling, who played Victoria, and Frazier Hines, who became famous as kilt-wearing Jamie.

“The set was incredible. They switched the signs of the underground station for each scene, there was only one station”

Michael Troughton

Watling labelled the viewing as “emotional”, particularly as she got to watch her late father, Jack Watling, acting in The Web of Fear.

Frazier Hines told the audience that he hoped even more episodes were found, including his personal favourite adventure The Highlanders, with Deborah adding she wanted her last episodes to be uncovered.

Another star on the panel was Patrick Troughton’s son Michael, who fondly remembered visiting the set while his dad filmed The Web of Fear.

He said: “The set was incredible. They switched the signs of the underground station for each scene, there was only one station.”

The Web of Fear is available from Monday February 24 on the BBC Shop, and is available to pre-order now.